How much time do you spend online each day? Are you sure you know how to protect yourself from the dangers of the web?
Safer Internet Day, celebrated each year on February 11, is a key opportunity to reflect and act on the issue of online safety, especially for children and adolescents. In an increasingly digital age, it is important not to fear or stigmatize technology, but to understand it and use it with awareness, valuing its opportunities. Ensuring safe virtual spaces is essential to protect children and adolescents from risks such as grooming, exposure and dissemination of nonconsensual content, and sexual exploitation.
Online safety is, and must increasingly become, a collective responsibility. It is not just a technical issue, but a shared commitment involving families, educators, institutions, and the entire civil society. This commitment is particularly crucial in protecting of adolescents, an age group particularly exposed to potential vulnerabilities.
STOP, coordinated by CESIE ETS, was created with the aim of preventing the risk of online child prostitution exploitation. Through an integrated approach, including training, awareness raising and practical tools, the project provides support to professionals working closely with minors, helping them recognize and counter risk situations.
ChildrenSafe is an innovative platform designed for anyone who wants to contribute to child safety online. Through resources, guides, and practical tools, it offers support to youth and adults to promote safe and aware digital use.
ChildrenSafe provides:
- Information materials for parents, teachers, and educational professionals;
- Tips for understanding and addressing the challenges of online safety;
- Initiatives to take action and promote a responsible digital culture and foster education on sexuality and affectivity;
On Safer Internet Day, it is critical to remember that protecting children online requires ongoing and coordinated efforts. Projects like STOP and resources like ChildrenSafe demonstrate that prevention and education can really make a difference.
Your contribution is important to make the Internet a safer place! Visit https://childrensafe.eu/ and follow us on Instagram to find out how you can join STOP initiatives and end all forms of exploitation.
Join Safer Internet Day and share our commitment to a safer and more inclusive digital world!
About the project
STOP – Sensitize and Train Organizations to fight against the Prostitution of minors is a project funded by Erasmus+: Key Action 2, KA220-VET – Cooperation partnerships in vocational education and training.
Partners
- Pistes Solidaires (Coordinator, France)
- UPV-EHU (Spain)
- CESIE (Italy)
- FOUR ELEMENTS (Greece)
- MEITIS (France)
For further information
Read more about the project, visit https://childrensafe.eu/ and follow us on Instagram.
Contact Cinzia Broccolo: cinzia.broccolo@cesie.org.
